Grammar of the New Zealand Language

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This is a letter which few Europeans prouonce correctly. It is not pronounced like the t in temper, tea, &c.; but rather like the sharp th of apathy, sympathy, Athens, apothecary. Those who watch a native's tongue while pronouncing this letter, will find that the rule for attaining this sound is, to apply the tongue, not to the root, but to the top of the teeth, and hardly emit a.

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Title: Grammar of the New Zealand Language

Author: R. Maunsell

Publication details: W. C. Wilson, 1862

Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection

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